The governor's comments follow a mass shooting at a park on Chicago's southwest side Thursday night. Thirteen people were wounded, including a 3-year-old boy.

That shooting happened in an area that Chicago's top police official referred to as a "high gang-conflict zone." The park is between two other areas that police have flooded with officers as part of stepped-up patrols.

It's not the first time state resources have been considered for the city's violence problem. The issue was brought up in 2008.